Android L
Breaking out of the mold from previous releases, Google took to the stage during its Google I/O developer conference to announce a new version of Android, dubbed simply "Android L," which is expected to be released as Android 4.5. The name comes from the Android naming convention that goes in alphabetical order, where L would follow the previous release, KitKat. The difference this time around being that all we are offered is Android L, rather than a true brand name, which will come when the software is released to consumers in the fall of 2014. Android L is in many ways simply a placeholder name as a developer preview.
The most prominent changes to L include a redesigned user interface built around a responsive design languagereferred to as "material design", and improvements to the notification system which allow them to be accessed from the lockscreen, and displayed within other apps as banners across the top of the screen. Internal changes were also made to the platform, with the Android Runtime (ART) officially replacing Dalvik for improved application performance, and changes intended to improve and optimize battery usage
Android L is here, and it's brought a raft of new changes, with Sundar Pichai, head of Android, proclaiming it to be one of the biggest upgrades to Android yet.
It's going to have a radical new design, 5000 new APIs, will be available for developer previews soon, and it's going beyond the mobile form factor. Android L will be contextually aware of its surrounding, plus voice is going to me a major input source.
The experience will also be seamless, so Android L devices communicate properly, although Pichai was at pains to point out the mobile phone will always be the priority.
TechRadar was in attendance to see all the action unfold, so if you're hankering for all the information about Android L, then you've come to the right place. Check out everything you need to know about Google's new mobile platform.
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